The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-20
The Tennessee PAGER.
Editor Dunton's Spirit Of the Turf.

Editor Dunton'e Spirit Of the Turf.
From the beginning of the hu.
man race mankind has shown a |
fickleness in all affairs pertaining |
to fancies, not displayed by any |
other Of the Almighty's creations.
AS applied TO the most charming
of all C eations--a beautiful woman
we find the fancy, or craze, at
one time blonde, and the equally
accomplished and lovely hlunette,
not possessing the suburn charms
of her sister, is neglected and
passed by, as of DO importance or
worth. In matters of personal
adrrnment we find the same tickle
ness and nonsensical notions en-
tertained by the leaders of social
fsncies, and If We turn our atten.
tion to that other family of Gods
creation, only a little less endowed
With the attributes of intelligence
ard lovely characteristics, we find
the same conditions to exist. One
L year, public sentiment is satisfied
with nothing short of the wonder
: ful performance of Ten Brock,
e Molly Mccarthy and their peers,
i and The light harness horse, howev-
err royalty bred, is of no account
o simply because he is not favored
: by the within of public fancy. Again
S the trotter commands the admira
II ton Of public favor and Longtel
e low, King Ban and their competi
e tors are forced to the rear, and a
this particular whlm, or craze o
the public is now disposed to FL
vorably look upon and consider tn
al merits of the PAGER, | propose t
V. acquaipt your readers with brie
ne history of some OF the most distir
~ guished families of the lateral mo
m ton with which l am familia
to And in doing so, / do not wish
he be understood as claiming for thes
az families all the excellence pertain
+ ing to the pacing families, as {
d not forget the -sires Of Johnsto
ne Mike Wilkes, Dan D, Buffalo Gil
lie Jewett, Gossip, Jr., Gem and 9th
n good ones, whose names are q pa
Ly OF our turf history; but / write
as these partly because of their ju
'ss merits and partly because of my
er, miliarity with them. To form
e, just estimate Of these noble anims
it is necessary that the read
IN should understand that the sect
of Tennessee where they whe
bred and raised is an exceeding
for hilly and roagh country. T
,os roads for large portion of t
oTo year are nearly impossible vi
10 any kind of a vehicle, and her
,an from necessity more than cbo
,ev the majority Of the people do !
Hoo use . buggy or wagon of any klr
80 but their colts are broken to sad,
Tho at age generally deemed immatu
,ral and then hitched to the pillow a
ov thus become the general serv
pbo horse of the country. And by RI
an son of this condition of the CO,
,ina try, and the necessity Of travel
tan it's hilly and stony roads on hor
ton back, from the time Tennessee
int settled, until the present time,
an,s pacing horse being found to
rot more suitable to the wants of
,s;l people, has been the chief no
in bred and used. And while it
, IF true that Marshall, Maury
sre Giles counties have produced sc
,ha fast performers of the trotting g
a;f yet an examination of their pc
tha grees will demonstrate that cit
a. upon the side Of their sire or
80 was inherited the blood of the p
- err, or in this section more c.
800 monty called saddle horse. Dur
the year 1861, there was foalef
Marshall county, Tenn, a ho
which, if he had been trained
Jar given chance, would with
ms doubt, have stood without a D.
-ory either as to his own merits upon
tho turf or as sire of turf perform
ho | refer to
inf GENERAL HARDEE.
1t, Sired by the pacing stall
,prp nooroa WASHINGTON hy uorry